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Katya E. Fels '93 will also start her post-college years helping women, as she plans to create a student-staffed homeless shelter and counseling program in the Boston area...
Combining her Stride Rite grant with other public and private contributions, Fels will create a student staffed shelter for 10 to 15 homeless women that will provide a long-term place to stay, meals and personal and career counseling...
Many women's shelters share space with men's shelters, like the University Lutheran Church Shelter where women must shower in the men's bathroom. Fels, co-director of the University Lutheran Church Shelter, has known women who could not function so close to men, preventing them from taking advantage of the shelter's program...
...core idea of Fels' shelter is to provide an all-female "safe place" for homeless women...
Counseling will form an integral part of Fels' plan, with a trained therapist visiting the shelter three or four nights a week...